Dearest

about the project

Dearestis a community art project which encourages connection, interpersonal exchange, and safe methods of social contact through the lens of creative snail mail. Participants sign up online to receive a pack of three artist designed, pre-stamped blank postcards in the mail, which can then be filled out with messages of love and encouragement and mailed on to friends and loved ones.

This project responds to and considers the experience of loneliness, grief, and isolation which so many of us are currently experiencing. In a circumstance where we are all looking for new and innovative ways to express our love and care for our community, snail mail offers a playful and reassuringly tangible opportunity. In this way, the intentions of sharing creativity and generosity will ripple gently outwards into the larger community with each original participant acting as a link to even more postcard recipients.

Dearest is one of four new community art projects commissioned by the City of Richmond as part of Richmond Has Heart.

how to participate

If you would like to receive three free postcards in the mail to send on your friends and loved ones, fill out the form below to sign up! Your postcards will also come with a zine including tips and prompts for how to correspond via snail mail. Quantities are limited, so don't wait!